The Found in Translation Award is an annual award for the best translation of

Polish literature Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland over the centuries have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Latin, ...

into

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

. The award is given to the

translator Translation is the communication of the Meaning (linguistic), meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The ...

(s) who also receive a cash prize of PLN 16,000. The Award was established by the Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York and the W.A.B. Publishing House in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. Since 2015, the FiT Award was awarded by the Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in London and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York (in 2016 they were joined by the Polish Institute in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

). The first winner of the award was announced in 2008.

Winners of the prize

2008 -

Bill Johnston Bill or Billy Johnston may refer to: * Bill Johnston (cricketer) (1922–2007), Australian cricketer * Bill Johnston (golfer) (1925–2021), American golfer and golf course architect * Bill Johnston (tennis) William Marquitz "Little Bill" John ...

, translator of

Tadeusz Różewicz Tadeusz Różewicz (9 October 1921 – 24 April 2014) was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, following the century of f ...

's ''New Poems'' (Archipelago Books, New York, 2007)
2009 - Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of

Paweł Huelle Paweł Marek Huelle (10 September 1957 – 27 November 2023) was a Polish prose writer. Life and career Huelle studied Polish philology at Gdańsk University and, in 1980, participated in the efforts to establish an independent student organiz ...

's ''The Last Supper'' (Serpent's Tail, 2008)
2010 - Danuta Borchardt, translator of

Witold Gombrowicz Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his ...

's ''Pornografia'' (Grove/Atlantic, 2009)
2011 -

Clare Cavanagh Clare Cavanagh (born May 23, 1956) is an American literary critic, a Slavist, and a translator. She is the Frances Hooper Professor in the Arts and Humanities and Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern Univer ...

and

Stanisław Barańczak Stanisław Barańczak (, November 13, 1946December 26, 2014) was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to- Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare a ...

, translators of

Wisława Szymborska Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szosta gazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 2012-02-11 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent ( ...

's ''Here'' (Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt, 2010)
2012 - Joanna Trzeciak, translator of

's ''Sobbing Superpower'' (W.W. Norton, 2011)
2013 - Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of seven books published in 2012:
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's ''Cold Sea Stories'' (Comma Press, 2012)
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Jacek Dehnel Jacek Maria Dehnel (born 1 May 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish poet, writer, translator and painter. Life and work He graduated from the Stefan Żeromski High School No. 5 in Gdańsk, where he excelled in Humanities. Dehnel studied at t ...

's ''Saturn'' (Dedalus Press, 2012)
- Zygmunt Miłoszewski's ''A Grain of Truth'' (Bitter Lemon Press, 2012)
- Artur Domosławski's ''Ryszard Kapuściński, A Life'' (Verso Books, 2012)
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Wojciech Jagielski Wojciech Jagielski (born 12 September 1960) is a Polish journalist and author. He has won acclaim for his reportage from conflict zones in the Transcaucasus, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Africa. He worked for the leading Polish newspaper Gazeta ...

's ''The Night Wanderers'' (Seven Stories & Old Street Publishing, 2012)
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Andrzej Szczeklik Andrzej Szczeklik (July 29, 1938 – February 3, 2012) was a Polish immunologist working at the Jagiellonian University School of Medicine (''Collegium Medicum'') in Kraków. Having received numerous distinctions for his research, Szczeklik was ...

's ''Kore: On Sickness, the Sick and the Search for the Soul of Medicine'' (Counterpoint Press, 2012)
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Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). After spending ...

's '' Kaytek the Wizard'' (Urim Publications/Penlight Press, 2012)
2014 -

Philip Boehm Philip Boehm (born 1958) is an American playwright, theater director and literary translator. Born in Texas, he was educated at Wesleyan University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the State Academy of Theater in Warsaw, Poland. Boehm ...

, translator of

Hanna Krall Hanna Krall (born 1935), is a Polish writer with a degree in journalism from the University of Warsaw, specializing among other subjects in the history of the Holocaust in occupied Poland. Personal life Krall is of Jewish origin, the daughter of ...

's ''Chasing the King of Hearts'' (Peirene Press, 2013)
2015 - Ursula Phillips, translator of

Zofia Nałkowska Zofia Nałkowska (, Warsaw, Congress Poland, 10 November 1884 – 17 December 1954, Warsaw) was a Polish prose writer, dramatist, and prolific essayist. She served as the executive member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature (1933–1939 ...

's ''Choucas'' (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014)
2016 -

, translator of Tomasz Różycki's ''Twelve Stations'' (Zephyr Press, Chicago, 2015)
2017 - Piotr Florczyk, translator of

Anna Świrszczyńska Anna Świrszczyńska (also known as Anna Swir) (1909–1984) was a Polish poet whose works deal with themes including her experiences during World War II, motherhood, the female body, and sensuality. Biography Świrszczyńska was born in Warsaw ...

's volume of poetry ''Building the Barricade'' (Tavern Books, 2016)
2018 – Jennifer Croft, translator of ''

Flights Flight is the process by which an object moves without direct support from a surface. Flight may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Flight'' (1929 film), an American adventure film * ''Flight'' (2009 film), a South Korean d ...

'' by

Olga Tokarczuk Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk (; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland; in 2019, she was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize ...

2019 - Madeline G. Levine, translator of ''Collected Stories'' by

Bruno Schulz Bruno Schulz (12 July 1892 – 19 November 1942) was a Polish writer, fine artist, literary critic and art teacher. He is regarded as one of the great Polish-language prose stylists of the 20th century. In 1938, he was awarded the Polish Academ ...

2020 - Anna Zaranko, translator of ''The Memoir of an Anti-hero'' by

Kornel Filipowicz Kornel Filipowicz (27 October 1913 – 28 February 1990) was a Polish novelist, poet and screenwriter, most notable for his Short story, short stories. Works (selection) Poetry * ''Mijani'' (''The Ones Passed By'', 1943) * ''Powiedz to słowo'' ( ...

2021 - Ewa Małachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas, translators of ''

The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma ''The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma'' (Polish title: ''Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy'') is a 1932 Polish bestselling political novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. It was his first major literary success, with immediate material rewards, prompting Mostowi ...

'' by

Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (; 10 August 1898 – 20 September 1939) was a Polish writer, journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. One of his best known works, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was ''The Career ...

2022 – Jennifer Croft, translator of ''

The Books of Jacob ''The Books of Jacob'' ( pl, Księgi Jakubowe ) is an epic historical novel by Olga Tokarczuk, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie in October 2014. It is Tokarczuk's ninth novel and is the product of extensive historical research, taking her s ...

'' by

2023 - Anna Zaranko, translator of '' The Peasants'' by

Władysław Reymont Władysław Stanisław Reymont (, born Rejment; 7 May 1867 – 5 December 1925) was a Polish novelist and the 1924 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known work is the award-winning four-volume novel '' Chłopi'' (''The Peasant ...

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References

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